Non-refillable bottle.



No. 837,974. PATBNTED DEC.- 11, 1906.

P. W. STEWART.

NON-RBFILLABLB BOTTLE. APPLICATION rum) JAN. a, 1900.

MIN? I Qgyvggma mormvs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. STEWART, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PEERLESS NON REFILLABLE BOTTLE COMPANY, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed January 8, 1906. Serial No. 295,201.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. STEW- ART, of the city of Evansville, county of Vanderburg, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the same.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and relates especially to the construction of the valve and the guard for the same, being an improvement upon the patent of Joseph W. Calef, No. 761,818, of June 16, 1904.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals refer to the same parts of the several figures, Figure 1 is a vertical section of an embodiment of this invention, the bottle being shown inverted in dispensing position. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the valve being closed. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the guard, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the neck of the bottle and the guard. V

In the embodiment of this invention shown in the drawings a bottle 1, of glass or other suitable material, is indicated as'having a neck 2. Within this neck, secured by a suitable packing 13, such as cork or plaster-ofparis or other suitable material, isthe valvecasing 14, within which is located the stem 16 of the valve 15. On the lower end of this stem 16 are the lugs 17 17 for centering the same without impeding the flow of the liquid contents of the bottle. The lower end of the stem 42 is made in the form of an eye, within which is located the hook 18 of the neck 20 of the Weight 19.

Located in the neck of the bottle above the valve mechanism just described is the guard 3, which is ordinarily formed of glass or other non-corrosive substances and is secured in the neck of the bottle by means of the locks 9, mounted within openings 5, within the guard and normally pressed outward by springs 10 to force the look 9 into engagement with the recess portions 40, formed in the neck of the bottle. An alternative form of locking mechanism which I preferv is shown in Fig. 5, in which cork is mounted Within the recesses 10, formed in the guard,

the same expanding into the recesses 40 in the neck when the recesses 10 register with the openings 40. The guard consists, primarily, of a dome construction 8, having radial passages 11, which connect with tortuous outlets 6 '6. The lower portion of the radial passages 11 are undercut, forming channels 12 and shoulders 41, Figs. 2 and 4. On the bottom of the guard are located lugs 44, which limit in one direction the play of the valve 15. By this arrangement of guard construction it it is attempted to tamper with the valve by passing a piece of wire down the passages 6 6 the end of the wire will be caused by the shoulder 41 to run into the channel 12 without permitting it to pass through the opening 8 of the guard to reach the valve 15. For instance, a wire passing down through the left-hand passage 6 in Fig. 1 would be caught by the shoulder 41 and caused to move in the channel 12 until the end of the wire came in contact with the right-hand channel 6, where it would either be deflected up out of this right-hand chan* nel 6 or be bent and crumpled in the channel 12, in either of which events it would be impossible to reach-the valve 15.

It is of course understood that those familiar with this art may make many changes in the form, proportions, and number of parts of this device and may employ parts of the same in connection with their devices without departing from the spirit of this invention or lessening the advantages of the same. I do not, therefore, desire to be limited to the gisclosure which has been made in this case;

What I claim as new, and What I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is set forth in the following claims:

1. In non-refillable bottles, a guard having means for securing it within the neck of the bottle and provided with circuitous passages merging into radial passages connected with the interior of the bottle, said guard being provided with means below said circuitous passages for preventing tampering with the valve.

2. In non-refillable bottles, a valve, a guard having means for securing it within the neck of the bottle and provided with circuitous passages merging into radial passages and provided with a shoulder and a channel for preventing tampering with the valve.

3. In non-refillable bottles, a guard having means for securing it within the neck of the bottle and provided with circuitous passages merging into radial passages connected with the interior of the bottle, said guard being provided with means below said circuitous passages for preventing tampering with the valve, said guard also being provided with lugs upon its under surface.

4. In non-refillable bottles, a valve, a guard having means for securing it within the neck of the bottle and provided with circuitous passages and means in the guard for I 5 preventing tampering with the valve.

5. In non-refillable bottles, a valve, a guard having means for securing it within the neck of the bottle and provided with circuitous passages, said guard being provided with a shoulder and a channel for preventing tampering with the valve.

Dated December 16, 1905.

FREDERICK W. STEWART.

Witnesses:

AUGUST J. SOHLAEPFEN, CHAS. T. PELZ. 

